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How to setup an e-mail distribution list

March 6th, 2010, 3:41 am by

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QUESTION: I have Microsoft Outlook as my e-mail program and I have a large list of contacts. I would like to group my contacts into subgroups.  For example, I have a group of about 30 high school classmates that I would like in one group. Such grouping would make it far simpler for me to enter into the “To” box when sending an e-mail to them.  I have similar contacts that I would like to put into subgroups.  I would still wish to keep the entire single list so I can send an individual e‑mail.

PC CLUB: Group e-mail lists are a very handy feature and quite easy to implement. The term that’s used to describe this type of list in Outlook is a Distribution List. In Outlook Express it is simply called a Group. In the new Windows Live Mail program it is called a Category and in Windows Vista’s e-mail program, Windows Mail, it is called a Contact Group. Microsoft has changed the name with each version of it software, how rude is that? Read the rest of this entry »

PC Club: Limit spam by creating a whitelist

January 20th, 2009, 2:18 pm by

**UPDATE, Feb. 17, 2009:** Added instructions for creating a whitelist in Microsoft Outlook. See below. 

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QUESTION: I am using Outlook Express for my e-mails. Is there a way to receive e-mails “ONLY” from people that are in your address book?

PC Club: Many of us are getting frustrated with spammers and are resorting to various measures including the use of Anti-Spam software which isn’t always free or unobtrusive. Another way to prevent unwanted or unsolicited email is to set up a Whitelist, which is what you want to do.

A Whitelist is just the opposite of a Blacklist and will only allow senders on the list to reach your Inbox while the rest will be deleted. It is quite easy to set up a Whitelist in Outlook Express by performing the following steps: Read the rest of this entry »

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